A simple test to determine the quality of your clinical PET images

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 751-757

  Dobbeleir, Andre ^a,b   Ham, Hamphrey ^a   Goethals, Ingeborg ^a   Keppens, Johan ^a   D'Asseler, Yves ^a   Van De Wiele, Christophe ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medical Imaging   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dose; Image quality; PET scan; Scan time

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751567955     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0413-7     Document Type: Article

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